Mayor Annise Parker motions for Janiece Longoria's husband, Steve Lasher, to come and be photographed with his wife and Judge Ed Emmett on Tuesday after Longoria was voted in as chair of the Port of Houston,

Mayor Annise Parker motions for Janiece Longoria's husband, Steve...

State lawmakers still could choose to replace all seven members of the board that governs the Port of Houston Authority, but on Tuesday the influential commission got a new chairman.

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